But as the daughter of a musician, growing up in Los Angeles, she “fell in love” with the guitar when she was 13 and hasn’t looked back.
Strauss, 35, has played in Alice Cooper’s band since 2014 and has also served as the Los Angeles Rams’ in-house guitarist. She’s played with Jermaine Jackson, Femme Fatale and the Iron Maidens tribute band and hosts guitar and fitness classes online. And Strauss makes her own music as well; Her first solo album, the all-instrumental “Controlled Chaos, ” came out during 2018, and this year she’ll release another set with guest vocalists — including Disturbed’s David Draiman on the first single, “Dead Inside, ” which made her the first female solo artist to score a No. 1 hit on the Mediabase Active Rock chart.
“As much as I love playing with Alice Cooper — and I really love that — there’s no feeling like playing your own music and putting that out in the world, ” Strauss said by phone. “I’m loving this solo journey so much. I’m really coming into who I am as an artist and who I’m growing into, and I’m really happy with how it’s going…just to keep growing and expanding.”
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The solo work is unlikely to supersede her “day job” with Cooper, of course, but it’s a bit safer considering that she’s been whacked in the head with a cane, slashed and stabbed with a sword, and endured sprained ankles and more during his concerts.
“The Alice show is like rock ‘n roll meets Broadway — so many theatrics, so much going on, ” she said. “We’re all sort of taught right from the beginning to be hyper aware of what’s going on onstage, but things still happen. But that’s OK, ’cause it’s so much fun.”
Nita Strauss performs Friday, Jan. 14, at the Token Lounge, 28949 Joy Road, Westland. Black Satellite, Abby K and Creeping Chaos open. Doors at 6 p.m. 734-513-5030 or tokenlounge.com.Vinita Sandhya Strauss (born December 7, 1986) is an American rock musician. She is currtly a touring guitarist for Demi Lovato and Alice Cooper and has a successful career as a solo artist.
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Strauss was the first female signature artist with Ibanez guitars and is regularly featured on the covers of worldwide print magazines including Guitar World and Guitar Player. She was ranked No. 1 on Guitar World's list of 10 Female Guitar Players You Should Know.
Strauss started touring with her own band Lia-Fail as a teager, leaving high school in her junior year to pursue music full time; the band included future world champion boxer Mikaela Mayer.
Although initially known for her work with Iron Maid all-female tribute band The Iron Maids, Strauss' career has included performing with several rock sembles including Consume the Fire, Femme Fatale, and the video-game supergroup Critical Hit.
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In 2014, Strauss was the official in-house guitarist for the Los Angeles Kiss (LA KISS), the ara football team owned by Paul Stanley and Ge Simmons of KISS. The house band played the national anthem and provided additional music during the games.
A few days later, Strauss announced that she had joined Demi Lovato's backing band as a touring guitarist. On March 3rd, 2023, Alice Cooper announced that Strauss would return for the 2023 tour.
Strauss is featured as the main guitarist for sev songs on Docker's Guild album called The Heisberg Diaries – Book A: Sounds of Future Past, released on January 21, 2016.
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In April 2018, Strauss launched a Kickstarter campaign for her debut solo record Controlled Chaos. The campaign was successfully funded in two hours and evtually raised eight times its initial goal. Strauss produced the record herself, including the majority of the gineering work, and played all of the guitars and bass on the record.
After the record was completed, Strauss signed with Sumerian Records to release and distribute the album worldwide. The first single, Our Most Desperate Hour, was released in September 2018 along with pre-orders for the record on both CD and vinyl, with the vinyl completely selling out before release. Controlled Chaos debuted on the Billboard charts at No. 1 Top New Artist, No. 3 Label Indepdt, No. 4 Top Hard Music, No. 8 Top Rock, No. 8 Top Internet, No. 20 Top albums, and No. 7 on the iTunes Rock chart.
Strauss was introduced to World Wrestling tertainmt by her boyfrid Josh Villalta. She initially started watching because it was important to him, but quickly became a fan herself.
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In April 2018, Strauss played Shinsuke Nakamura's trance music at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans in front of an audice of 78, 000 fans and millions more who watched the worldwide streaming evt.
On January 26, 2019, Strauss was honored at the 7th Annual She Rocks Awards with the Inspire Award, prested to her by Nick Bowcott and her personal hero, Steve Vai.
On January 9, 2022, Strauss became the first female rock solo artist in 32 years to hit number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart with her song Dead Inside.
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Strauss teaches guitar playing, and has gone on teaching tours offering master classes in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, South America, and Asia. She has writt articles and recorded companion videos for Guitar World and Premier Guitar magazines.
Strauss and fellow musicians Rabea Massaad and Plini were selected as celebrity judges to choose the 2019 Young Guitarist of the Year at the UK Guitar Show.
Strauss is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Rams, she frequtly appears at Rams games at Sofi Stadium, performing interludes or playing riffs out to the stadium to start crowd chants.
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Strauss was honored to play America the Beautiful at the Rams' Salute to Service game in November 2018. Following the Rams' victory in Super Bowl LVI, Strauss was awarded with a Super Bowl ring as an honorary part of the organization.
Strauss is a fitness thusiast, practicing strgth training, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and posts blogs about fitness issues on social media. She has be featured in Muscle & Fitness and Bodybuilding.com.
In 2019, Strauss launched the Nita Strauss: Body Shred fitness challge, with a companion e-book titled Body Shred: Your Guide to Feeling and Looking like a Rock Star.
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Strauss has recorded with Alice Cooper, Jamie Christopherson, Critical Hit, Docker's Guild, FB1964, Metal Allegiance, Kane Roberts and We Start Wars. She has be featured on albums by Maxxxwell Carlisle, Tina Guo and Angel Vivaldi, as well as the all-female compilation album She Rocks. She has played on dozs of albums, trailers and soundtracks, including Heroes of the Storm and Metal Gear Rising: Revgeance. Strauss released her first instrumtal solo album, Controlled Chaos, on November 16, 2018.
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